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Articles of Genealogical and Historical Interest 

in the 
Records of the Pike Family Association 

Constitution of the Association 1904, page 21 

By-laws of the Association 1906, page 14 

Origin of the name Pike 1912, page 32 

Some English Pykes 1906, page 34; 1914, page 23 

Sir Richard Fyke and his arms 1904, page 55 ; 1906, page 34 

Sketch of 

John Pike of Newbury 1906, page 37 

Captain John Pike of Newbury, and New 

Jersey 1906, page 38; 1912, page 28 

Major Robert Pike 1902, page 33 

Col. Zebulon Pike 1908, page 15 ; 1912, page 29 

Gen. Zebulon Montgomery Pike 

1902, page 60; 1906, page 26 

Edwin B. Pike 1908, page 22 

Dr. Clifford L. Pike 1908, page 24 

Mrs. Sarah Sturdevant 1910, page 16 

Some descendants of 

George Pike of Marblehead 1902, page 46 

Hugh Pike of Newbury 1904, page 88 

James Pike of Charlestown and Reading 1904, page 63 

John Pike of Newbury and New Jersey 1906, page 37 

Philip Pike of Kittery 1902, page 48 

Robert Pike of Providence 1902, page 45 

Robert Pike of Salisbury 1900-1, page 7 

Samuel Pike of Falmouth, Maine 1902, page 49 

William Pike of Connecticut.. ..1902, page 46; 1904, page 61 
Some Pikes of Nova Scotia 1904, page 98 



FIRST REUNION OF THE PIKE FAMILY. 



AUGUST 15, 1900, the following notice, was sent to the 
many members of the Pike Family in America: — 
The Reunion of the Pike Family will be held at 
Salisbury, Mass., Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 11 and 
12, 1900. 

All persons of this great name or descended therefrom, 
and all interested in commemorating the life and deeds of 
that "Great English Commoner," the "Worshipful Maj. 
Robert Pike," of Salisbury, are respectfully requested to 
be present. 

Accommodations can be had at Hotel Gushing, Salisbury 
Beach, for meals or lodging, providing due notice is given 
the undersigned in advance. Please give notice through 
your local papers and notify your relatives. 

Respectfully, 

C. L. PIKE, Saco, Maine. 

Pursuant to the above call, upon the said Tuesday and 
Wednesday, Sept. 11th and 12th, 1900, at Hotel Gushing, 
Salisbury Beach, Mass., was held the first grand reunion 
of the great famil}^ of Pike and their descendents in 
America. 

Over 2,000 of the above circular letters of invitation to 
this reunion had been sent out over the continent wher- 
ever the name had been found, by Dr. Clifford L. Pike of 
Saco, Me., who with the Hon. Edwin B. Pike of Pike's 
Station, N. H., and others had conceived and carried this 
idea to its final completion. 

A committee had been chosen in behalf of the family and 
its friends, to look after the interests of the reunion. This 



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committee consisted of John Broadhead Pike as chairman, 
John Q. Evans, Secretary, and Trne B. Pike, Dr. 
Jacob F. Spalding, Fred G. Brown, Ann- Pike Brown; 
Miss Hattie Pike of East Boston, Mrs. Lizzie C. Pike, 
Derry, N. H., Capt. John F. Pike, Worcester, Mrs. Annie 
Pike vSnow, NewbnrN'port and Mrs. Mary Lewis to whose 
uniting efforts the success of the occasion was largely due. 
A Brass Band of sixteen pieces had been provided; the 
Postoflfice closed by an order from Washington, D. C; 
reduced fares on all electric roads; the homes of all the old 
settlers had been looked up and the Hon. Wm. H. Moody, 
Congressman from the Sixth Congressional District of 
Massachusetts, had been invited to speak to us in honor of 
the occasion and every comfort and convenience was pro- 
vided by the manager of Hotel Cushing. 

The meeting was called together in the spacious hall at 
Hotel Cushing at 2 p. m., Tuesday, Sept. 11, by the secre- 
tary of the local committee and Hon. Joseph Trevitt Pike 
of New York City was called upon to act as temporary 
chairman and Dr. Clifford L. Pike of Saco, Me., to act as 
temporary secretary of the meeting. 

Upon motion of Walter N. Pike of Floral Park, N. Y., 
it was voted that the chairman appoint a committee consist- 
ing of five members at the meeting to act with the tempor- 
ary chairman and secretary, to draft l^y-Laws for the asso- 
ciation and to put in nomination its various ofhcers. 

The chairman a])pointed the following to act upon that 
committee, Walter N. Pike of Floral Park. N. Y., Rev. 
Dr. Ezra B. Pike of East Brentwood, N. PL, Hon. John 
Q. Evans and True B. Pike of Salisbury and Gordon B. 
Pike of New York City. 

The meeting was then adjourned to meet at four o'clock 
if possible. 

At the appointed time the meeting was again called to 
order and the following By-Laws were submitted: 



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Article I. 
This Association shall be called the Pike Family Asso- 
ciation. 

Article II. 
Membership: Any person may become a member of this 
Association of the name of Pike or a lineal descendent 
therefrom, of English ancestor of that name and paj^ment 

of fifty cents. 

Article III. 
Dues: The dues each year shall be twenty -five cents. 

Article IV. 
Meetings: Meetings shall be held every two j'ears at 
such place and time, the Executive committee may deter- 
mine. 

Article V. 

Officers: Shall consist of (l) President, (2) Twelve 

Vice-Presidents, (3) Secretary, who shall also act as 

Treasurer, (4) Executive Committee which shall consist of 

the President, First Vice-President, Secretary and four 

others. 

Article VI. 

Duties: Duties shall be such as usually attach to officers 

in similar organizations. 

Article VII. 
Money: Shall be expended for necessary incidental 
expenses of the Association and any surplus may be used 
in Genealogical and Historical research under the direction 
of the Executive Committee. 

Article VIII. 
Amendments: These By-Laws may be amended at any 
meeting of the Association by a majority vote of the mem- 
bers present. 

The officers put in nomination were: For President, 
Edwin B. Pike of Pike's Station, N. H. ; For First Vice- 
President, Joseph T. Pike, 4.i Exchange Place, New York 



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City; For Secretary, who shall also act as Treasurer, Dr. 
Clifford L. Pike of Saco, Me. ; For Executive Committee, 
the President, First Vice-President, Secretary and Walter 
N. Pike of Floral Park, N. Y. ; Rev. Dr. Ezra B. Pike of 
East Brentwood, N. H. ; John Q. Evans, Salisbury, Mass. ; 
Gordon B. Pike, 111 5th Avenue, New York City. The 
eleven other \'ice- Presidents were recommended to be 
nominated from the floor. 

Upon motion the report of the Committee was accepted 
and the Submitted By-Laws were adopted by the Associa- 
tion, and Edwin B. Pike of Pike's Station was elected 
President; Joseph T. Pike of 43 Exchange Place, New 
York City was elected First Vice-President; Dr Clifford L- 
Pike of Saco, Me., was elected Secretary, who shall also 
act as Treasurer. The Executive Committee elected were: 
The President Edwin B. Pike of Pike's Station, N. H. ; 
First Vice-President Joseph T. Pike, 43 Exchange Place, 
New York City. ; the Secretary Dr. Clifford L- Pike of Saco, 
Me. ; Walter N. Pike of Floral Park, N. Y. ; Rev. Dr. Ezra 
B. Pike of East Brentwood, N. H. : John Q. Evans of 
Salisbury, Mass., and Gordon B. Pike, 111 5th Avenue, 
New York City. 

The eleven Vice-Presidents elected by nomination from 
the floor were: Hon. Eeroy F. Pike of Cornish, Me.; 
Miss Ida Mae Pike of Aberdeen, S. D. ; Mrs. Susannah 
French, 1789 Hon. Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. 
Annie C. Snow of Newburyport, Mass. ; Miss Helen A. 
Pike, 38 Green Street, Newburyport, Mass. ; Mrs. Harriet 
Pike White, 349 Garden Avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. ; 
Robert H. Pike, Union, N. H. ; Rev. Cornelius Pike, 60 
Sycamore Street, New Bedford, Mass.; Miss* Lillian Pike, 
Coast Survey, Washington, 1) C. ; Rev. Mrs. Mary Kath- 
erine Pike Heald of San Raphael, N. M. : and .Mrs. Emma 
Pike Huswell of Salisbury, Mass. 

It was voted, after some discussion, to hold the meeting 
and exercises of the Association vSept. 12, within the hall 



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at Hotel Cashing the prooram to commence at ten o'clock, 
a. m., then voted to adjourn to that time and place. 

September 12, 1900. 

At the appointed time and place the meeting was called 
to order by the President and it was voted to have a meet- 
ing of the Association some time during next year at Hotel 
Gushing, Salisbury Beach. The time being left to the 
Executive Committee. 

Suitable remarks was then made by the President and 
the program was called. 

PROGRAM. 

Piano Solo, Miss Agnes Pike, Newburyport, Mass. 

Address of Welcome, Rep. John Q. A. Pettengill, Salisbury, Mass. 
Vocal Selection, Mrs. F. A. Hardy, West Derry, N. H. 

The Pike Family of Salisbury, Hon. John Q. Evans, Salisbury, Mass. 
Vocal Selection, Mrs. Cora F. Pike, Saco, Me. 

Original Poem, Mrs. Helen Walton Ross, Ipswich, Mass, 

The Future of the Pike Family, 

Rev. Dr. Ezra B. Pike, E. Brentwood, N. H. 
Vocal Selection, Rep. John Q. A. Pettengill, Salisbury, Mass. 

Address, Congressman Hon. Wm. H. Moody, Haverhill, Mass. 

America, The Pike Family Association. 

At the conclusion of the exercises the meeting of the 
Association was adjourned. 



THE PIKE FAMILY OF SALISBURY. 

Mr. Chairman: — You may somewhat wonder at my 
being selected to speak to you of the "Pike Family" of 
Salisbury" being not closely related to them, but as of the 
eighth generation from Major Robert Pike whose daughter 
Elizabeth married William Carr and also b}- a second line 
from Israel the sister of the Major's, who married Henry 
True; I consider myself as in good and regular standing in 
this reunion. 



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As a resident of the town of Salisbury I join with others 
in extending a welcome to each and all of you to the old 
town of your honored ancestors. A town which has for 
260 years been the home of the family and from whence 
have gone out many representatives who have honored the 
name of Pike. Nevertheless we have within our town 
many representatives of the name and our voting list shows 
no less than 30 names out of our 400 voters. 

When John Pike and his five children landed in this 
countr}^ in 1635 and took up their residence on the banks 
of the Parker river in Newbury they found awaiting them 
the task of subduing the wilderness. 

Such men as John Pike and his two stalwart sons, John 
and Robert must have been a valuable addition to the little 
settlement and have found ample scope for all of their 
energies. 

Of John we know little beyond the names of his family. 
That he came in the "James" from Southampton and while 
called "Laborer from Langford" "this may have been but 
a deception to conceal a more noted person from tyrannical 
regulations." 

The probabilities are that John Pike was a man of liberal 
education and much natural ability not only from his hav- 
ing two sons, who ranked so high in later years in the his- 
tor}' of this colony and that of the New Jersey, but from 
some evidence of John's ])ersonal abilit}'. The court 
records show that he acted as attorney in two cases and 
successfully in each occasion. 

He seems to have made his home in his last years with 
his son, Robert in Salisbury where he died in 1654, leaving 
property to the amount of /,230, comprising nearly ^,15 in 
clothing. His Jio))ie and land at Newbury and land at the 
new town (vSalisbury. ) llis will made two days before his 
death gave his estate to his sons and jili) to each of his 
three daughters, Dorothy, Ann and Israel. 

John, the elder son, continued to live in Newburv until 



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about 1670 when he moved to Woodbridge, N. J., where 
he became the leading man of the community. Its presi- 
dent and the ancestor of that branch of the familj^ One 
of his sons Joseph continued to live in Salisbury and Hav- 
erhill for some 5'ears. 

When the town of Salisbury' was settled in 1638 we find 
the younger son Robert then a young man of 22, one of the 
60 odd pioneers who crossed the Merrimac to dispute with 
the red man and the wolf the possession of the soil. In the 
choice of a house lot fortune seems to have favored him 
with two acres in the corner of the way to Hampton and 
waj' to the great neck (now the beach road.) This land 
being now in possession of Mr. D. M. Deal. Here he 
built his home and where was born to him a family of three 
sons and four daughters, who reached mature years. To- 
gether with others of the "commoners" he received allot- 
ments of land in all of the divisions, the chief of which 
were his pasture now the home of the Pikes on the old 
ferry road, 100 acres at Batt's hill and a large division at 
Amesbury. This land he mostly disposed of by deed of 
gift to his children during his life leaving onl}^ a moderate 
estate at his death. His home and lot of three acres he 
gave to his grandson Robert, son of Robert, the year prior 
to his decease, who later sold it to his father-in-law, 
William Hook, Jr., and moved to Exeter. To his younger 
son Moses he deeded his pasture where he later settled and 
which has been in the famih" to this day. 

Of Robert Pike's public services I shall have little to say 
leaving to others more competent the task of eulogizing 
one so eminently entitled thereto. 

He early took a prominent position in the militia being a 
Lieutenant at 32, captain at 37 and Major when 41 3'ears 
of age. During King Philip's war, he was in command of 
all the forces of Norfolk Co., Mass., and those located in 
the State of Maine. As early as 1650 he was what would 
now be called a trial justice and in 1672 an associate judge 



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of the courts of Norfolk Co. In political life a member of 
the General Court when 32 and of the Governor's Council 
from 1682 to 1696, when having reached the ay^e of SO 
years he retired to the private life of the farm. 

In local affairs a selectman from 1661 to 1677 and on 
many responsible committees. Of his public services his 
denunciation of the General Court for enacting a law to 
forbid any but ordained ministers from preaching and for 
which he brought down upon his head the viols of their 
wrath. This and his defense of the witches so far as to 
question the value of testimony given against them were 
events in his life which were far-reaching and the right of 
petition as well as the right of honest and impartial trial 
have been legacies left by him for which the whole country 
3'ea the world itself can do homage to his memory. 

It has been said that he was a man of much strength and 
of a robust constitution. Tradition states that on the 
voyage to this country he asked the captain for an increase 
of rations. When questioned as to his need of more food 
by a display of strength he took a large iron bar and bent 
it into a U form. This so surprised the captain that his 
request was granted. 

Again his trips to Boston when 80 years of age on horse- 
back a two day's ride shows that a rugged physique must 
have been given him. The last ten years of his life was 
passed in the ciuiet of his town, where he died Dec. 12, 
1706, at the age of ninety-one. 

His son Jolin in his Journal says his father was very 
temperate in eating and drinking. Buried in the old yard 
on the Beach road no stone now marks his resting-place. 

There is in the rooms of the Massachusetts Historical 
Society a painting which has been copied and thought by 
some to l)e that of Major Robert Pike. It is however more 
probable that of Dr. Robert, son of Rev. John Pike of 
Dover. 

Of his children, vSarah married Wymond, son of Thomas 



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Bradbury and for her second husband, John Stockman. 
She lived near the present residence of Dr. Spaulding. A 
son, Wymond Bradbury, married Maria, the daughter of 
Rev. John Cotton of Plymouth and the sister of the wife of 
Rev. James Allen, the third minister of Salisbury, and 
were ancestors of Theophilus Bradbury of Newbury port, a 
noted judge and representative to Congress. 

Pardon a slight digression but I wish to speak a few 
words of Thomas Bradbury, the co-worker and relative of 
Major Pike. The first town clerk of the town holding the 
office for some fifty-four years, a selectman, captain of 
militia, the first school teacher of the town, a man of 
thorough education, he wrote most of the legal papers all 
of which testify to his excellent penmanship and thorough 
education. His wife in her old age accused of witchcraft, 
was released, (in large part) through the efforts of her old 
friend and neighbor. Major Robert Pike. Another 
daughter, Dorothy married Joshua Pierce and for her sec- 
ond husband, John Light, while Elizabeth married William 
Carr, son of George, the noted shipbuilder and ferryman. 

Of his sons, John married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joshua 
Moody. He preached at Dover and Hampton. A leading 
minister of the times using no notes. Of his eight children 
one Robert was a physician of some note. 

The second son made his home with his father and died 
in 1690, leaving a son Robert, who received the homestead 
of his grandfather. 

The third son, Moses, ancestor of the Pikes of Salisbury 
received of his father a large tract of land on the ferry 
road. Here he built his house and here his dcscendents 
have lived to the present day. His wife was Susanna, 
daughter of Timothy Worcester and grand -daughter of 
Rev. William, the first minister of Salisbury and a man of 
great learning and piety. 

Of his eight children, two sons settled out of town, 
Timothy at Newbury where a son, Timothy moved to 



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Maine and his son William resided in Calais. The father 
of James Shepherd Pike, the famous war correspondent of 
the New York Tribune and another of the "New Puritan." 
A brother, Frederick, was one of Maine's most able lawyers, 
Representative to Cong-ress, who gave man}^ thousand 
dollars to the erection of the public library' of that cit}^ 

The 3'oungest son, Joseph, settled in Kensington, his 
son Joseph moved to Maine and was the ancestor of Dr. 
Clifford L. Pike to whom we are all under obligations for 
the success of this meeting. 

Of his other two sons, who stayed in town, Elias was a 
captain in the militia and selectman for eleven terms. He 
married Joanna, daughter of Rev. James Allen, and had two 
sons, Moses, who was ancestor of the branch of the family 
represented by the Pikes now living on the ferry road and 
among his descendents are Rev. James Pike, a noted 
clergyman in the Methodsst church, was graduated at 
Wesley en University and a presiding -elder for several 
terms, Representative to Congress for two terms and 
Colonel of the 16th N. H. Volunteers. A brother, Moses 
K., was of the board of selectmen and emigrated to Minne- 
sota. His son, James Frederick, is now one of the leading 
lawyers of Seattle, Washington. 

The remaining son, John, probably lived on the home- 
stead of his father and had five sons. Jacob and Elias are 
the ancestors of the Rings Island branch of the family, 
while Capt. James probably inherited a portion of the 
property of his father. He had twelve children, six sons 
and six daughters. The oldest, John, married Mary Pet- 
tengill and had sons, James, John, Nicholas and Joseph. 
Another son, Silas, lived on the road to the l^each and had 
sons, John, William, Josiah, Israel, Joseph and Charles. 

The Pike Family of Salisbury have been given largely to 
agricultural pursuits and I find no records of their being 
engaged in manufacturing and only to a small extent in the 
wav of trade. 



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The strong robust constitution seems to have come down 
through all the generations and is today perceived in the 
members of the familJ^ Man^^ stories are in existence of 
the ability to labor by certain members of the family, one 
of them mowing a three acre field before breakfast and then 
hurrying home to get ready to do a day's work or of work- 
ing all day unloading a cargo from a vessel at Newbury - 
port coming home and mowing a five acre piece of marsh, 
during the night and at work unloading the vessel the 
following day. 

Again the Pikes have married well and in their veins 
courses the blood of Worcester and Allen, leading ministers 
of Salisbur3^ Bradbury of whom I have spoken, of Rev. 
John Cotton of Plymouth, of the Moodys, Stevens, 
Frenches, Hooks, Smiths, Batons, Pettengills and others 
of the most substantial families of the town. 

As a result of the mingling of such blood has been pro- 
duced a famil}^ who have been a credit to our town. In 
most cases of some means, if not absolutely well to do 
citizens, of high moral character. 

During the more than two and a half centuries which 
have elapsed since the family was first established in the 
town many and vast have been the changes which have 
taken place on every hand. From the horseback ride of 
two days to Boston to that of the time by steam to only a 
single hour might serve as an illustration of the march of 
progress, or as the few farmers who came to the beach for 
their salt hay as compared to this beautiful village by the 
sea with its spacious hotels and electric communications. 
Of Major Robert Pike's brave defense of the nearby towns 
from attack by the Indians to the present time when we all 
dwell in absolute peace and safety. 

Mr. Chairman ray time has expired and I close with my 
best wishes for a prosperous session, a pleasant visit to an 
old town and grand old beach and that when you go from 
us 5^ou may retain pleasant memories of this visit and the 



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wish to continue to hold \'Oiir re -unions here in future 
years. 



A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT PIKE. 

AN ORIGINAL POKM. 

No standard hold our peaceful days, 
To weigh the great man's meed of praise. 
To him, and such as with him came, 
For love and truth, and not for fame 
We cannot render honor due. 
We caniu)t feel the ills they knew, 
The watchful nights, the toilsome days 
The hungry waiting for the maize. 

Have we been forced to guard our own 
Our wives or children and hearthstone 
From dreaded beasts that prowl at night 
And the fierce red man's savage might? 

He never must his guard forego 
Although the corn might need the hoe. 
Though all the store of winter's wood 
A waiting giant oak tree stood, 
He, who must bear his heavy sack 
Of grain to mill upon his back, 
Through forests pathless, wild and dark 
And echoing with the grey wolf's liark. 
No grocer came with book in hand, 
Anticipating each demand; 
No meat in heavy piled-up cart 
l<'or him to choose the choicest part. 

iris daughters seven though fair, I ween 

In silk attire were ne\er seen. 

The little hand-loom's busy toil 

Must furnish them with wardrobes, all. 

The rude brick oven, grim and black 

Held place within the chimney stack. 

And yawned each week, with mouth wide-sjjread, 

To swallow pans of coarse, brown ])read. 



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Which hurrying girls must mix and knead, 
Then hie them back, their wheels to tread. 

When, with his bo3's he came at noon 

In answer to the sounding horn 

Did he not long to rest, I trow 

Beneath the spicy balsam bough. 

While August suns were fiercely hot, 

And rustling corn was tasseled out. 

To dream of English lanes so cool. 

The hedge-rows white, the dimpling pool 

He loved in early childhood days? 

The red-cheeked boys who shared his plays? 

Ah, no such bed of ease for him, — 

But work, and watch, and battle grim. 

Arm! Arm! the word passed swiftly on. 

The call for men to march and join 

In one strong band, to check the wroth 

And barbarous Pequods, from the north! 

No stately highway led him on 

From village into village borne; 

No fiery locomotive screamed 

A summons as he sleeping dreamed ; 

No trolley halted at his door. 

To bear him straight to Boston shore. 

There to embark on craft that flew. 

Swift as the wind the water through. 

But painful walk in oozy slime 

That to the knee rose many a time, 

Or tangled undergrowth of thorn, 

Or snaky fen, or goblin's torn. 

Above the narrowness of creed; 

Down to our ears has come his deed. 

That bade the tithing man beware 

To use the lash, but rather spare 

The weeping woman of renown 

Who walked a culprit through the town. 

Would I could paint him for you now. 

Just as he lived so long ago. 

Three hundred years and fifty more, 

But, as I mentioned once before; 

We have no standard in these days. 

To weigh the great man's meed of praise. 



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Voted to adjourn, to meet again at Hotel Cusliin,^, Salis- 
Iniry Beach, some time dnrin<^ the early part of the sum- 
mer season of 1901, at such time as shall be fixed by the 
Executive Committee. 



MEMBERS OF THE PIKE FAMILY 
ASSOCIATION. 



Pike, Mrs. Addie M., 
Miss Arra May, 
Miss Agnes M., 
Miss Ali(?e B., 
Albert Hilton, 
Alvin, 
Dr. A. Stanley, 



120 Waterman, Ave., E. Providence, R. I. 

Water ville. Me. 

6 Gordon St., Newbnryport, Mass. 

Kane St., Dorchester, Mass. 

Epping, N. H. 

Sweden, Me. 

Rochester, N. Y. 



303 Alexander St. 



Pike 



(1902 J 

Topsfield, Mass. 

199 W. 6th, vSt., Boston, Mass. 

199 W. 6th, St., Boston, Mass. 

122 Pearl St., Boston, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass. 

Saco, Me. 

Saco, Me. 

Livermore, Me. 

Clifford S., (1901) (with H, & \V. S. Drew) Jacksonville, Ela. 
Charles Sumner, (19l»2) 1033-1034 Marquette Bid. , Chicago, 111. 
Rev. Cornelius, (1902) 60 Sycamore St., Nesv Bedford, Mass. 
Mrs. Cornelius, (Laura Barker) (1902) 

60 Sycamore St., New Bedford, Mass. 

Daniel C, 64 Cxreen St., Lowell, ]Mass. 

Mrs. Daniel, (Arabella S. ) 64 Greeu St., Lowell, Mass. 

David B., 120 Waterman Ave., E;. Providence, R. I. 



Baxter Paj'son, 

Charles O., 

Mrs. Charles, (Lucinda C. 

Miss Cora B., 

Charles M., 

Caleb, 

Mrs. Caleb, (Susan A.) 

Miss Clara M., 

Dr. Clifford L., 

Mrs Clifford, (Cora F.) 

Charles F., (1901) 



Elroy P., 

Mrs. Elroy P., (Ada A.) 

Miss Emma E., 

Miss Etta G., 

Miss Eva A., 



33 State St. 
33 State St. 



Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Epping, N. H. 

Portsmouth, N. H. 

Portsmouth, N. H. 



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rikf, ;\Iiss Eleanor Scott, 
Edward Young, 
Rev. Dr. Kzra B., 
Mrs. Elizabeth A., 
E. Bertram, 

Mrs. Elizabeth Currier, 
Ezekiel, 
Miss Ellen xM., 
Edwin R., 

.Mr.s. Edwin B., (Harriet F.) 
Ezra B. , Jr., 
Miss Eva A., (1901) 
Rev. Elias T., (1902) 



Box 196, Lawrence, Mass. 

10 2iid St., Nevvburyport, Mass. 

East Brentwood, N. H. 

East Brentwood, N. H. 

Pike's Station, N. H. 

West Derry, N. H. 

Revere, Mass. 

Antrim, N. H. 

Pike's Station, X. H. 

Pike's Station, X. H. 

East Brentwood, X. H. 

Livermore Falls, Me. 

Williamsburg, Iowa. 



Frank C, 

P'reeman Dudley, 

Frederick S., (Died, July 12, 1901) 



Keene, X. H. 

Milton, X. H. 

Worcester, Mass. 



P'rederick \., 

George T., 

George H . , 

Mrs. George P"., 

George C, 

Mrs. George C, 

(jcorge K., 

Mrs. George K., 

Gordon B., 

Miss Gertruile Irene, 

Herbert .\., 
Mrs. Herbert .\., 
Hattie X., 
Miss I lannali, 
Horace L., 
Mrs. Horace I 

:\Iiss Ida Mae, 



1901) 



Joseph T., 

Capt. John I''., 

Jonathan, 

John Q., 

Mrs. John Q., (Sadie M ) 

Jabez IVI., 

Jabez M. , Jr., 

James, 



686 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 

Brockton, Mass. 

Newfields, X. H. 

Los Angeles, Cal. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Kane St., Dorchester, Mass. 

Kane St., Dorchester, ISIass. 

Ill 5th Ave., New York, X. Y. 

(19011 124 South 12th St., Reading, Pa. 

44 Winthrop St., West Xewton, ^lass. 

44 Winthrop St., West Xewton, Mass. 

203 Lexington St., p;. Boston, Mass. 

Newfields, N. H. 

Sonth Rend, Ind. 

South Bend, Ind. 

Aberdeen, S. D. 

43 Exchange Place, New York, X. Y. 

46 Hollywood St., Worcester, Mass. 

Livermore P'alls, Me. 

ICpping, N. H. 

P'pping, N. H. 

Lubec, Me. 

l<ubec. Me. 

Dan vers, Mass. 



Re CO ids of the Pike Fauii/y. 19 

Pike, Mrs. James, Danvers, Mass. 

" Joseph E., 8 Dracut St., Lawrence, Mass. 

" John Charles, Brookfield, N. H. 

" Mrs. John Charles, Brookfield, N. H. 

" James O.. Newfiehis, N. H. 

" John S., Exeter, N. H. 

" Mrs. John S., . Exeter, N. H. 

" John B., Salisbury, Mass. 

*' Mrs. John B., Salisbury, Mass. 

" John Arthur, S Lincoln St., Rochester, N. Y. 

" Jay Nelson, 1 Abstract Block, Lake City, Minn. 

" James S., ^ Readsboro, Vt. 

" Mrs. James, (Rev.) (1901) Newfields, N. H. 

" James M., (1902) Livermore Falls, Me. 

" Miss Katherine A., Salisbury, Mass. 

" Miss Katherine G., (1901) 313 Taylor St., San Francisco, Cal. 

" Leonard, Jr., 81 Chestnut Ave., Jamaica Plains, Mass. 

" Leroy F., Cornish, Me. 

" Miss Lillian, Coast Survey, Washington, D. C. 

" Mrs. Louise, (1901) Natick, Mass. 

" Lucian H., (1901) Woodstock, Vt. 

" Mrs. Lucian H., (1901) Woodstock, Vt. 

" Miss Marion H., 14 Bigelow St.. Cambridgeport, Mass. 

" Miss tlary French, Lubec, Me. 

" Miss M. Lina, Granite Ave., New Dorchester, Mass. 

" Mrs. Margaret A., 6 Gordon St., Newburyport, Mass. 

" Mrs. Mark H., 87 Lilly Ave., Lowell, Mass. 

" Miss Mary E., Salisbury, Mass. 

*' Moses K., Salisbury, Mass. 

" Marion J., 195 Broadway St., New York, N. Y. 

" Nelson L., New Bedford, Mass. 

" Nathan C, 141 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 

" Nelson Cook, 1 Abstract Block, Lake City, Minn. 

" Noah H., Chenoa, 111. 

" N. Gordon, (1901) 175 So. Elliot Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

" Col. Nicholas, (1901) 43 Exchange Place, New York, N. Y. 

" Miss Nellie May, (1901) 124 South 12th St., Reading, Pa. 

" Otto Lehmam, (1901) Metlakahtla, Alaska. 

" Otto Samuel, (1901) Maiden, Mass. 

" Robert H., Union, N. H. 

" Rachel F., 46 Hollywood St., Worcester, Mass. 



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Records of the Pike Faiiii/y 



Pike, Roy INIaniiiiii^, 

" Ray, 

" Richard Al)l)ott, 

" Sarah W., 

" Miss S. (lertruile, 

" Samuel W., 

" Thomas H. , 

" William A., 

" Mrs. William A., 

" Warren C, 

" Wilbur C, 

" William Roger, 

Mrs. William Rojijer, 

" Walter N., 

" .Mrs. Walter X., (Harriet 

" Willard Carlos, 

•• Mrs. Willard Carlos, 

" Vvon, 



1 Abstract Rlock, Lake City, Minn. 

ICast Brentwood, N. H. 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

Upland Road, Brookline, IMas.s. 

Salisl)ury, Mass. 

Paxton, Mass. 

65 Foster St., P:verett, Mass. 

ii State St., Portsmouth, N. H. 

3.1 State St., Portsmouth, N. H. 

Peal)odv, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Reading, Pa. 

Reading, Pa. 

Floral Park, N. Y. 

Ivlleu) Floral Park, N. Y. 

302 E. 26th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

302 p;. 26lh St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Coast Surve\', Washington, I). C. 



Adams, Mrs. I.ucv, 

Miss .Mice Walton, 
Arnold, Miss (irace W., 
.•\llen, Carrie M. , 

Belmore, Bruce W., 

Mrs. Flora C, 
BartU-tt, Moses S., 

:\Irs. .T. M., 
Blumpey, .Mrs Phili]i II., 
Boynton, Mary \\., 
Breed, Mary .\., 

.Vrcher P\, 
Barnes, Mrs. Joseph H., 
Buswell, C.eorge W., 

Mrs. Anna Cilley, 
" Mrs. Emma Pike, 

Brown, Mrs. Henry Pike, 
" Ann Pike (Iraves, 

Barton, Mrs. P:iizabeth Wells 
Burl)ank, Sylvanus W., 

Mrs. Sylvanus W., 



Box 72, Exeter, N. H. 

Sinillitown, X. H. 

Pike's Station, X. H. 

17 Greenwood St., .\mesbur\ , Mass. 

84 Broadway, Brooklyn , .\. Y. 

Princeton, Me. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

1970 Summit St., Oakland, Cal. 

Newburyport, Mass. 

lapping, X. H. 

38 Breed St., Fvnn, Mass. 

38 Breed St., Eynn, Mass. 

191 Trenton St., E. Boston, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 



Newburyport, Mass. 
167 High St., Newburyport, Mass. 
Box 473, I/ivermore, Falls, Me. 
(Celinda F). ) 

Box 473, Livermore, P'alls, Me. 



Records of the Pike Fa»nly 



21 



Bennett, Miss Laura E., 
Miss Nellie F., 
Butler. Mrs. Mary S., (1901) 
Burns, Mrs. Clementine K., (1902 



Chandler, John F., 
Cook, Mrs. J. F., 
Cole, Mrs. Harriet Pike, 
Coffin, Miss Mary H., 

Miss Hannah Buswell, 

" Mrs. Anna E., 

" Amos Buswell, 
Cheney, Mrs. Harriet N., 
Currier, Mrs. Ann Pike, 

" Jonathan B., 

" Mrs. Jonathan B., 
Clark, Mrs. Sarah H., 
Colburn, Mrs. Elizabeth Pike, 
Chase, John C, 
Conaut, Martha P., 
Crowe, Mrs. Martha H.. (1901 

" Charles H., (1901) 

Dow, Fred, 

" A. Warren, 

Mrs. A. Warren, 
Dearborn, Mrs. Hannah Abbie 
Davis, Miss Elizabeth Pike, 
Dunn, John, W., 

" Miss Mildred Anna, 

Eaton, Nellie C, 
Evans, John O., 

Fisk, Mrs. Sarah E., 
French, Charles Pike, 

Mrs. A. W., 
Frothingham, Dr. J. E. 
Fuller, Miss Sara, 
Flint, Mrs. Ellen M., 



87 Revere St., Bcston, Ma.ss. 

87 Revere St., Boston, Mass. 

Somersworth, N. H. 

vSaco, Me. 

Box 38, Graniteville, Mass. 

27 Thorndyke St., Brookline, Mass. 

27 James St., Boston Highlands, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 



10 2nd St., Newburyport, Mass. 
Salisbury, Mass. 



Concord, Mass. 

West Derry, N. H. 

Derry, N. H. 

Walnut Hill School, Natick, Mass. 

East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

Salisbury, Mass. 



34 Bow St., Somerville, Mass. 

24 Rockland St., Roxbury, Mass. 

102 Chambers St.. New York, N. Y. 

Clarksburg, W. Va. 

Salisbury, Mass. 



1789 Hen Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 

, 11 Allston St., Cor. Bulfinch, Boston, Mass. 

2733 Broadway. New York, N. Y. 

Died, Juue 5, 1902) Sweden, Me. 



Fuller, Mrs. Bertha M., (1902 

Oilman, S. E., 

Mrs. Lucy J., 
Gorring, Mrs. R. H., 
Gallond, Mrs. Charles B., 



Florence, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Peabody, Mass. 

Newton, Mass. 



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Records of the Pike Far)iily. 



Graves, Airs. J. E., 
Gil>l)oiis, Mrs. Annie Pike, 
(jt-riisli, Mary N., 
Greeiileaf Al)l)ie Mary, 

Anne Kdwards, 
(rorwai/.. Amy F. Lewis, 
Gil man, Kuyene C, (1901) 

Mrs. Paigene C, (1901 



Newton, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

9 Parson's St., Newburyport, Alass. 

9 Parson's St., Newburyport, Mass. 

1 Buck St., Newburyport, Mass., 

405 Main St.. Worcester, Mass. 

) 405 Main St., Worcester, Mass. 



Gralc, Mrs. Nellie M., (1901) 63 Garfield St., So. Lawrence, Mass. 

Peabody, Mass. 

Peabody, Mass. 

Plymonlh. N. H. 

Plymouth. N. H. 

West Newbnr\', Mass. 



Hunphrey, B. B., 

Mrs. B. B., (.\da) 
Heath, Miss Alma A., 
Hull, Airs. H. W., 
Hills, .Mrs. Thomas G., 
Haskell, Mrs. .\nnie M., 
Hoyt, Cynthia Pike, 
Hale. Mrs. Kdward A., 

Ralph Tracy, 
Hayes, Mrs. J. F., 
Hardy, Mrs. F^annie Pike, 
Heald. Clarence F;., 

Rev. Airs. Katherine Pike, 



26 Olive St., Newburyport, Alass. 

2 2i»d St., Newburyport, Alass. 

Newburyport, Alass. 

Newburyport, Alass. 

Exeter, N. H. 

West Derry, N. H. 

San Raphael, New Alexico. 

San Raphael, Alexico. 



Haskell. Airs. Mary I)., (1901) 12 Oliver St., So. Framin<<ham, .Mass 
Hazelton, Aliss Annie, (1902) 202 Juneau .Vve.. Alihvaukee, Wis 

Jones, George H., 29 Crescent St., W. Newton, Alass 

Airs. George H., (Linda AI.) 

29 Crescent St 
29 Crescent St 



Herbert Pike, 

Kendall, Aliss Helen B.. 
Kimball, Airs. Carrie Mudge 



W. Newton, Alass. 
W. Newton, Alass. 



Alalden, Alass. 
;i9()l) 
26 'I'homas Road, .Swampscott, Alass. 

149 Millett Si., Dorchester, Alass. 

ICast Canibriilge, Alass. 

5 Otis Place, Newburyport, Alass. 

Salisbury, Alass. 

Salisbury, Alass. 

Smithtowu N. H. 
Wakefield, N. H. 
Amesbur)', Mass. 
Farmington, Ale. 
Mudge, Airs. Sarah S., (1901) 23 Thomas Road, Swampscott, Alass. 



Lincoln, Airs. Beiijimin C, 
Leightoii, Airs. Ellen I'ike, 
Latime, l^velyn W., 
Lewis, Alary Smitli, 
Alvin L.. 

Marston, Airs. Otis, 
Alaleham, Aliss Sarah, 
Alorrill, Aliss Elvira, 
Alerrow, Roscoe Allen, 



Records of the Pike FaDiiIy. 23 

:Noyes, Emma R., Newburyport, Mass. 

Moody Brickett, 53 Federal St., Newburyport, Mass. 

" Mrs. Moody Brickett, 53 Federal St., Newburyport, Mass. 

W. Herbert, 102 State St., Newburyport, Mass. 

Nichols, Miss Annie, Searsport, Me. 

Pray, James Pike, 1438 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. 

Perry, Miss Georgianna W., 141 Newbury St., Boston, Mass. 

Pettengill, William F., Salisbury, Mass. 

John Q. A., .. ■ .. 

Mrs. John Q. A., (Mary R.) " " 

Mrs. Edith Pike, 6 Pearl St., Amesbury, Mass. 

Pollard, Mrs, A. W., Lowell, Mass. 

Pierce, Edna Stickney, Marblehead, Mass. 

Peabody, Mrs. John x\., 62 Middlebury St., Lawrence, Mass, 

Peirce, Mrs. Louisa Tenney, Frankfort, Me. 

Miss Sarah Louise, Frankfort, Me. 

Page, Eleanor Scott, (1901) Lawrence, Mass. 

Pratt, Mrs. Loretta Pike, (1902) Box 713, Erie Co., North East, P.i. 

Pierce, Mrs. Marcia, K., (1902) Newtonville, Mass. 

Russell. Mrs. William T., (Viola J.) Sprucehurst, Wellesley, Mass. 

Rolf, Mrs. John C, 30 Ea.st High St., Newburyport, Mass. 

Rolfe, Mrs. Charles A., Princeton, IMe. 

Ryder, A. F , Lawrence, Mass. 

Mrs. A. F., Lawrence, Mass. 

Ross, Mrs. Helen Walton, Ipswich, Mass. 

Marion Pike, Ipswich, Mass. 

Rundlett, Mrs. Lizzie Pike, Exeter, N. H. 

Stevens, Howard Whittier, • Salisbury, Mass. 

Sherman, J. A., Snvoy, Mass. 

Stickney, Miss Mary E., Newburyport, Mass. 

Sawyer. Adelaide Pike, Salisbury, Mass. 

Story, Mrs. Annie Pike, 12 .\tlantic Ave., Beverly, Mass. 

Snow, Mrs. A. P., 56 High St., Newburyport, Mass. 

Miss Mary C, 56 High St., Newburyport, Mass. 

Smith, John F., Salisbury, Mass. 

Sweeney, Mrs. Harriet Pike, Salisbu y, Mass. 

Seward, Mrs. Frank D., 115S North Main St., Providence, R. I. 

Swain, Mrs. Emma F., (1901) 3 Temple St., Haverhill, Mass. 

Sawyer, Robert W., (1901) Bangor. Me. 

Smith. Mrs. Hannah F. P., (1902) Sweden, Me. 

Tuttle, Emily Pike, Antrim, N. H. 



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Tarsey, Mrs. Charles M., 
True, Miss Helen, 

" P. A., 
Titcoinb. Mrs. Theodate Pike, 
Towne, Mrs. Ahhie W., 



87 Lilly Ave., Lowell, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

Salisbury, Mass. 

3 W. msth St., New York, N. Y. 

42 Beach St., Salem, IVIass. 



Tibbetts, Mrs. Ruth A., 42 Purchase St.. Newburyport, :\Iass. 

Tilton, Mrs. Daniel R., (1901) 46 Federal St., Newburyport, Mass. 
Tuttle, Mrs. Lizzie S., (1901) Hillsboro Bridj^e, N. H. 



Usher, Ellis B., 

Yeasey, Henry. (1901) 

Wetherbee, Miss Fannie, 

Mrs. Eliza M. Pike, 



La Crosse, Wis. 

Northwood, N. H. 

Lexington, Mass. 
Lexington. Mass. 



Watkins. Mrs. Frances M., 
Whiting, Daniel B., 
White, Mrs. Harriet Pike, 
Wright, Abbie Pike, 

David B.. 

Mrs. Cynthia A., 

John B. M., 

Mrs. Ennna M., (1901) 
Walker, Mrs. John., 
Wheeler. Edward, 
Wilson, Mrs. Henry A., 
Whilinan, IMiss A. S., 
Whitten, Mrs. Georgia S., (1901) 
Witliertll, Irns L., (1901) 

Mrs. Irus L., (1901) 



27 Thorndyke St., Brookline, Mass. 

1 Temple Place, Haverhill, INIass. 

349 Garden Ave., Mt. Yernon, N. Y. 

So. Framinghani, INIass. 

Merrimac, Mass. 



Graniteville. Mass. 

Salisbury, ]\Iass. 

Burlington, Yt. 

Newburyport, Mass. 

Nashua, N. H. 

Berwick, Me. 

22 Portland St., Lvnn, Mass. 



SECOND REUNION OF THE PIKE FAMILY. 



May 20, 1901, the following call was issued by the 
Association : — 

The Pike Familj^ Association respectfully request your 
presence at their next family reunion, to be held at Salis- 
bury, Mass., on Tuesday, June 18, 1901. 

This invitation includes all persons of the name of Pike 
or descended therefrom, whether descended from John of 
Newbury, Hugh of Newbury, James of Charlestowm, or 
from any other ancestor of this great name. 

The gathering will take place in the forenoon ; dinner 
about 12 M. ; exercises about 1 P. M. ; after which the 
business meeting of the association. 

All who can will remain till the following day for the 
sociabilit}' of the occasion. Please give notice through 
your local papers and notify your relatives, or send me 
their names that they may be notified by the secretary. 

This association was organized September 12, 1900, at 
Salisbury, Mass., with an admission fee of fift}' cents, and 
yearly dues twenty -five cents. All the above named are 
respectfull}' invited to join the association. 

Accommodations can be had at Hotel Gushing, Salisbury 
Beach, to which fifty sleeping rooms have been lately 
added. To engage rooms ahead, address James McCon- 
nell, manager. 

Per order Executive Committee, 

CLIFFORD L. PIKE, Sec. and Treas., 

Saco Maine. 



26 Records of the Pike Fauiily. 

Upon the above date, Tuesday, June 18, 1901, the Pike 
Family x\.s.socialion met at Hotel Cushing, Salisbury 
Beach, as per vote of same at the previous meeting; the 
al)ove date having been fixed by the Executive Committee. 

There was a large gathering of the meml^ers in the fore- 
noon : dinner was served at 12.30; and tiie Association, 
having gathered in one of the spacious new halls connected 
with the establishment, was called to order by Hon. John 
Q. Evans, a member of the Executive Committee, the 
president not being present and several of the vice-presi- 
dents having declined to serve. 

The record of the proceedings of the Association on 
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 11 and 12, 1900; were 
read and approved. 

The treasurer's re])ort was then read which was as 
follows: — 

Money received for membership fees, $125.00 

dues, 5.25 

paid for reunion of 1900 i.e., 
postage, $24.00; printing and 
envelopes, $6.00, J. Q. Evans, 
50c, $30.50 

paid for reunion of 1901 i.e., 
postage, $26.90; printing, 
$6.50; envelopes, $3.60, 
paid for record book, 
paid for other postage and in- 
cidentals as allowed by Execu - 
tive Committee, 
To balance account, 



37.00 


1.25 


5.00 


56.50 



$130.25 $130.25 



Cash on hand June 17, 1901, $56.50 

The Treasurer's report having been approved by J. Q. 
Evans, J. T. Pike and Rev. Ezra B. Pike of the Execu- 
tive Committee was accepted In' the Association. 



Recoj-ds of the Pike Family. 11 

The Executive Committee met and having approved the 
Treasurer's report, voted to hold the next meeting of the 
Pike Famih' Association at Boston, Mass., about the first 
of October, 1902 ; the exact time and place in Boston to be 
left with the Secretary of the Association. At two o'clock 
the program was called. 

PROGRAM. 

Prayer, . Rev. Ezra B. Pike of East Brentwood, N. H. 

Address of Welcome, Hon. John Q. Evans of Salisbury, Mass. 

Report of Secretary, 

Report of Treasurer, 

How the Women Went from Dover, (Whittier) 

Miss Edna Ruby Sibley, Ruby Farm, Marblehead, Mass. 
Remarks, Rev. Ezra B. Pike, East Brentwood. N. H. 

Remarks, Col. Nicholas Pike, 43 Exchange Place, New York, N. Y. 
Remarks, Joseph T. Pike, 34 Exchange Place, New York, N. Y. 
Remarks, Dr. Clifford L. Pike. Saco, Me. 

Singing of America, 

Remarks, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pike, East Brentwood, N. H. 

Adjournment of the ^Meeting. 



HOW THE WOMEN WENT FROM 

DOVER. 



BV J. G. WHITTmR. 



The followinj^ is a copy of the warrant issued by Major Waldron, 
of Dover, in 1662. The Quakers, as was their wont, prophesied 
against him, and saw, as they supposed, the fuliilhnent of their 
prophecy when, many years after, he was killed by the Indians. 



To the constables of Dover , Hampton, Salislmry, NeivhiD-y, Ro7V- 
lc\\ Ips-a'ich, IVenham, Lynu, Boston, Roxtniry, Ded/iam, and 
until these z'a,^'ado/nl Quakers are carried out of this jurisdiction. 

You and every one of you are re(|uired, in the Kinjj;'s Majesty's 
name, to take these vaj^abond Quakers, Anne Colman, IVIary Tom- 
kins, and Alice Amlirose, and make them fast to the cart's tail, and 
driving;; the cart through your several towns, to whip them upon 
their naked backs not exceeding ten stripes apiece on each of them, 
in each town ; and so to convey them from constable to constable 
till they are out of this jurisdiction, as you will answer it at your 
peril; and this shall be your warrant. Rich.\kd W.^i^dron. 

Dated at Dover, December 22 , 1662. 



This warrant was executed only in Dover and Hampton. At 
Salisbury the constable refused to obey it. He was sustained by 
the town's people, who were under the influence of Major Robert 
Pike, the leading man in the lower valley of the Merrimac, who 
stood far in advance of his time, as an advocate of religious freedom, 
and an opponent of ecclesiastical authority. He had the moral 
c-ourage to address an al)le and manly letter to the court at Salem, 
remonstrating against the witchcraft trials. 



The tossing sj)rav of Cocheco's fall 

Il.irdtned to ice on its rt)ck}' wall, 

.\s through Dover town, in the chill, gray dawn. 

Three women passed, at the cart-tail drawn! 

Hared to the waist, for the north wind's grip 
.*\nd keener sting of the constable's whip, 
Tin- blood thai followed each hissing blow 
I'"roze as it sjiriukleil the winter snow. 



Records of the Pike Family. 29 

Priest and ruler, boy and maid 
Followed the dismal cavalcade; 
And from door and window, open thrown, 
Looked and wondered gaffer and crone. 

"God is our witness," the victims cried, 
"We suffer for Him who for all men dieil ; 
The wrong ye do has been done before, 
We bear the stripes that the Master bore ! 

"And thou, O Richard Waldron, for whom 
We hear the feet of a coming doom. 
On thy cruel heart and thy hand of wrong 
Vengeance is sure, though it tarry long. 

"In the light of the Lord, a flame we see 
Climb and kindle a proud roof-tree; 
And beneath it an old man lying dead, 
With stains of blood on his hoary head." 

"Smite, Goodman Hate- Evil !— harder still!" 
The magistrate cried, "lay on with a will! 
Drive out of their bodies the Father of Lies, 
Who through them preaches and prophesies!" 

So into the forest they held their way. 
By winding river and frost -rimmed bay. 
Over wind-swept hills that felt the beat 
Of the winter sea at their icy feet. 

The Indian hunter, searching his traps. 
Peered stealthily through the forest gaps; 
And the outlying settler shook his head, — 
"They're witches going to jail," he said. 

At last a meeting-house came to view; 

A blast on his horn the constable blew; 

And the boys of Hampton cried up and down, 

"The Quakers have come!" to the wondering town. 

From barn and woodpile the goodman came; 
The goodwife quitted her quilting frame. 
With her child at her breast; and, hobbling slow, 
The grandam followed to see the show, 

Once more the torturing whip was swung, 
Once more keen lashes the bare flesh stung. 
"Oh, spare! they are bleeding!" a little maid cried, 
And covered her face the sight to hide. 



30 Records of the Pike Family. 

A inurmur ran round the crowd: "Good folks," 
Quoth the constable, busy counting the strokes. 
"No pity to wretches like these is due, 
They have beaten the gospel black and blue!" 

Then a pallid woman, in wild-eyed fear. 
With her wooden noggin of milk drew near. 
"Drink, poor hearts!" A rude hand smote 
Her draught away from a parching throat. 

"Take heed." one whispered, "they'll take your cow 
l"or fines, as they took your horse and plow. 
And the bed from under you." "Even so," 
She said. "They are cruel as death I know." 

Then on they passed, in the waning day. 
Through Seabrook woods,- a weariful way; 
By great salt meadows and sand-hills bare, 
And glimpses of blue sea here and there. 

By the meeting-house in Salisbury town. 
The sufferers stood, in the red sun -down, 
Bare for the lash ! O pitying Night. 
Drop swift thy curtain and hide the sight! 

With shame in his eye and wrath on his lip 
The Salisbury constaljle dropped his whip. 
"This warrant means murder foul and red; 
Cur.sed is he who serves it." he said. 

"Show me the order, and meanwhile strike 
A blow at your peril!" said Justice Pike. 
Of all the rulers the land possessed, 
Wisest and boldest was he. and best. 

He scoffed at witchcraft; the priest he met 
As man meets man ; his feet he set 
Beyond his dark age. standing ui)right. 
Soul -free, with his face to the morning light. 

He read the warrant: "These convey 
From our precincts; at every tozvn on the way 
Give each ten tashes." "God judge the brute! 
I tread his order under my foot! 

"Cut loose these ])oor ones and let them go; 
Come what will of it. all men shall know 
No warrant is good, though backed by the Crown, 
For whipping women in Salisbury town!" 



Records of the Pike Family. 31 

The hearts of the villagers, half released 
From creed of terror and rule of priest, 
By a primal instinct owned the right 
Of human pity in law's despite. 

For ruth and chivalry only slept. 
His Saxon manhood the yeoman kept; 
Quicker or slower, the same blood ran 
In the Cavalier and the Puritan. 

The Quakers sank on their knees in praise 
And thanks. A last, low sunset blaze 
Flashed out from under a cloud, and shed 
A golden glory on each bowed head. 

The tale is one of an evil time, 

When souls were fettered and thought was crime, 

And heresy's whisper above its breath 

Meant shameful scourging and bonds and death ! 

What marvel, that hunted and sorely tried. 
Even woman rebuked and prophesied. 
And soft words rarely answered back 
The grim persuasion of whip and rack ! 

If her cry from the whipping-post and jail 
Pierced sharp as the Kenite-'s driven nail, 
O woman, at ease in these happier days. 
Forbear to judge of thy sister's ways! 

How much thy beautiful life may owe 
To her faith and courage thou canst not know. 
Nor how from the paths of thy calm retreat 
She smoothed the thorns with her bleeding feet. 



TO ALL PIKE DESCENDANTS 

All material for the Pike Family History was unfortunately destroyed, and 
although it can never be com.pletely replaced, the Association would like to collect 
as much data as possible, and there is e 'closed a form which we would be glad to 
have you fill out, at your convenience, that the Association may have tiae ancestry of 
all its members for a permanent record, and also in the hope that some day a Pike 
genealogy may be compiled. For this latter reason, even if you do not care to become 

a member of the Association, we would be glad to have you fill out the form for 
our files. If you can trace to anyone given in the genealogies in the Records of the 
Association, or other published genealogical matter, you can refer to the publication, 
with page, and need not fill in what is given there. Fill in as many generations as 
you can — perhaps we can supply the rest. Those who are interested in having more 
data about their families on file for future use, are invited to give more, on addi- 
tional sheets of the same size — such as names of all children in the later, unpublished, 
generations, with date and place of birth and death, marriages, with date and place, 
military and civil services of individuals, and any other interesting matter. Especially 
we would appreciate it if the older Pike descendants would give us the benefit of their 
personal knowledge of relationships, and above all, send copies of any data supplied 
by Dr. Clifford Pike. Give full names and dates, if you know them; if not, give 
some approximation. 

^&mn to Mrs. Roscoe Packard, 175 Mount Vernon Street, West Newton, Mass. 



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